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CTAN update: customenvs
by CTAN Announcements 04 Feb '25

04 Feb '25

Cédric Pierquet submitted an update to the customenvs package. Version: 0.3.0 2025-02-03 License: lppl1.3c cc-by-sa-4 Summary description: Custom environments (MCQ, list with picked items, ...) Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beamer compatibility + Shuffle for MCQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/customenvs More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/customenvs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: calculatoritems
by CTAN Announcements 04 Feb '25

04 Feb '25

Cédric Pierquet submitted an update to the calculatoritems package. Version: 0.1.3 2025-02-03 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Insert menus/items for classic calculators Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bugfix + New styles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/calculatoritems More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/calculatoritems -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: jsonparse
by CTAN Announcements 04 Feb '25

04 Feb '25

Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the jsonparse package. Version: 1.1.1 2025-02-03 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Parse, store and access JSON data in LaTeX documents Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Code fixes. Added option to store result of mapped inline function. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/jsonparse More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/jsonparse -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: LuwianType
by CTAN Announcements 04 Feb '25

04 Feb '25

Jonathan Walls submitted an update to the LuwianType package. Version: 1.3 2025-02-01 License: lppl1.3c ofl Summary description: Typesetting package for Hieroglyphic Luwian Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This update includes a small change to the character that is used for half-brackets in transcriptions to be in line with what is used on HethPort's Hittite corpus. The characters used are now U2E22 and U2E23, modified from U2308 and U2309. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/luwiantype The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/luwiantype/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: recorder-fingering
by CTAN Announcements 04 Feb '25

04 Feb '25

Alan Munn submitted an update to the recorder-fingering package. Version: 1.4 2025-02-02 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Package to display recorder fingering diagrams Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The `recorder-fingering` package provides support for generating fingering diagrams for baroque fingering recorders and the tin whistle. Standard fingerings are provided for recorders in both C and F, and the tin whistle in D, along with methods to create and display alternate fingerings for trills, etc. Version 1.4 fixes a few bugs, and adds a new "optionally closed if needed" hole specification, following the Moeck fingering diagrams, and a parameter to reverse the display of the double holes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/recorder-fingering The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/recorder-fingering/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: ProfMaquette
by CTAN Announcements 03 Feb '25

03 Feb '25

Christophe Poulain submitted an update to the ProfMaquette package. Version: 0.99-o 2025-02-02 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Use exercises in different types of documents Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fix : package xcolor now loaded with \RequirePackage ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/profmaquette The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/profmaquette/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: XePersian
by CTAN Announcements 03 Feb '25

03 Feb '25

Vafa Khalighi submitted an update to the XePersian package. Version: 25.2.2 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Persian for LaTeX, using XeTeX Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note that from this release onwards, I will be using a different versioning system. This release version number is 25.2.2 which refers to the date of release (2025/02/02) so there is no need to explicitly put the date in front of version number. The previous version was 26.2 but I am now using a different versioning system for simplicity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/xepersian More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/xepersian -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: bidi
by CTAN Announcements 03 Feb '25

03 Feb '25

Vafa Khalighi submitted an update to the bidi package. Version: 25.2.2 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Bidirectional typesetting in plain TeX and LaTeX, using XeTeX Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note that from this release onwards, I will be using a different versioning system. This release version number is 25.2.2 which refers to the date of release (2025/02/02) so there is no need to explicitly put the date in front of version number. The previous version was 41.6 but I am now using a different versioning system for simplicity. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/xetex/latex/bidi More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/bidi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: babel
by CTAN Announcements 03 Feb '25

03 Feb '25

Javier Bezos López submitted an update to the babel package. Version number: 25.3 2025-02-02 License type: lppl1.3 Summary description: Multilingual support for LaTeX, LuaLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and Plain TeX Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes in version 25.3 are described in: https://latex3.github.io/babel/news/whats-new-in-babel-25.3.html Here is a summary: * Fix error raised with amsbook + CJK + onchar. * Fixes with \MakeUpppercase: \babelhyphen not working and optional arguments in \localedate not recognized. * Manual: direct links to the basic guides in the babel site and to languages on CTAN. * New locales: Betawi, Kangri, Makhuwa, Osage, Venetian, Zhuang. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/babel/base More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/babel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: overarrows
by CTAN Announcements 03 Feb '25

03 Feb '25

Julien Labbé submitted an update to the overarrows package. Version number: 1.3 2025-02-02 License type: lppl1.3c Summary description: Custom extensible arrows over math expressions Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- overarrows is a LaTeX package to create custom arrows over math expressions, mainly for vectors (but arrows can as well be drawn below). Arrows stretch with content, scale with math styles, and have a correct kerning when a subscript follows. Some predefined commands are also provided. This update fix a bug with the esvect options. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/overarrows More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/overarrows ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: mcf2graph
by CTAN Announcements 03 Feb '25

03 Feb '25

Akira Yamaji submitted an update to the mcf2graph package. Version: 5.18 2025-02-02 License: mit Summary description: Draw chemical structure diagrams with MetaPost Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -fix bug in MOL file output -update mcf2graph.mp -update main_lib.mcf -update MCF manual,example ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/mcf2graph The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/mcf2graph/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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New on CTAN: pronunciation
by CTAN Announcements 03 Feb '25

03 Feb '25

Hugh submitted the pronunciation package. Version: 1.0.2 2025-02-02 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: American English Pronunciation Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.0.1 2025-02-01: This package enables you to automatically output phonetic symbols in American English. For example, you can get the phonetic transcription of "married man" by typing \pronunciation{married man}. The main packages used in pronunciation.sty are ifthen, xparse and tipa. Version 1.0.2 2025-02-02: I've modified the output of proper nouns to start with capital letters and added some more words to the word list. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/pronunciation The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/pronunciation/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: beamertheme-tcolorbox
by CTAN Announcements 03 Feb '25

03 Feb '25

Samcarter submitted an update to the beamertheme-tcolorbox package. Version: 0.9 2025-02-01 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A beamer inner theme which reproduces standard beamer blocks using tcolorboxes Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ### Changed - reverted workaround for using `\pause` in blocks and instead added section to the doc with workarounds the user can choose from. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/beamertheme-tcolorbox The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/beamer-contrib/themes/beamert… ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: nicematrix
by CTAN Announcements 02 Feb '25

02 Feb '25

François Pantigny submitted an update to the nicematrix package. Version: 7.1 2025-02-01 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Improve the typesetting of mathematical matrices with PGF Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- New commands \Hbrace and \Vbrace to easily draw curly braces with the decoration 'brace' of the TikZ library 'decorations.pathreplacing'. New commands \EmptyColumn and \EmptyRow in the \CodeBefore. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/nicematrix The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/nicematrix/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: ClassicThesis
by CTAN Announcements 02 Feb '25

02 Feb '25

André Miede submitted an update to the ClassicThesis package. Version: 4.8 2025-02-02 License: gpl2+ Summary description: A “classically styled” thesis package Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The LaTeX-homage to Robert Bringhurst's seminal book on typography with many bug fixes and a couple of new features. See CHANGES for details. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/classicthesis More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/classicthesis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: pdfjam
by CTAN Announcements 02 Feb '25

02 Feb '25

Markus Kurtz submitted an update to the pdfjam package. Version: 4.1 2025-01-30 License: gpl2+ Summary description: Shell scripts interfacing to pdfpages Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Man page now contains actual information. * Add zsh completion file with completions for all relevant options. * Improve support for non-pdf input files (eps, jpg, png). * Keep original filenames if they consist of [A-Za-z0-9.-] only and are unique. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/pdfjam The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/support/pdfjam/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: SpeLaTeX
by CTAN Announcements 01 Feb '25

01 Feb '25

Walter Daems submitted an update to the SpeLaTeX package. Version: 0.95 2025-01-31 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Create PDF documents with hyperlinks to audiofragments Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a bugfix release in view of the upcoming TUGboat article. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/spelatex The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/spelatex/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: lettrine
by CTAN Announcements 01 Feb '25

01 Feb '25

Daniel Flipo submitted an update to the lettrine package. Version: 2.80 2025-01-30 License: lppl1.3 Summary description: Typeset dropped capitals Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - The `\lettrine` command now checks whether the dropped cap will fit into the page. If the remaining vertical space is too short, a warning is issued. - A new option `nextpage` has been added to automatically shift the whole paragraph to the top of next page in case the dropped cap doesn't fit into the page (option not recommended, see the documentation). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/lettrine More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/lettrine -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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New on CTAN: packdoc
by CTAN Announcements 01 Feb '25

01 Feb '25

Jander Moreira submitted the packdoc package. Version number: 0.1 License type: lppl1.3c Summary description: Document LaTeX poackages in a consistent way Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The packdocs package offers a variety of features for documenting LaTeX packages, ensuring consistent presentation, cross-referencing, and index generation. It also supports version and change tracking to maintain a consistent change history. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/packdoc More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/packdoc ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: principia
by CTAN Announcements 01 Feb '25

01 Feb '25

Landon D. C. Elkind submitted an update to the principia package. Version number: 3.2 2025-01-30 License type: lppl1.3c Summary description: Notations for typesetting the “Principia Mathematica” Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated principia package to 3.2 (minor changes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/principia More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/principia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: polyglossia
by CTAN Announcements 01 Feb '25

01 Feb '25

Jürgen Spitzmüller submitted an update to the polyglossia package. Version: 2.4 2025-01-31 License: mit lppl1.3 cc0 Summary description: An alternative to babel for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bug fixes * Fix changecounternumbering option of Bengali (#672). * Fix testing of languages in groups (#669). * Fix error with undefined internal command (\xpg_pop_language:) that should be defined (#671). * The command \familytype is now predefined again independent of font settings, and its name was changed to \l_xpg_familytype_tl. * A warning is now issued if babel is loaded in parallel with polyglossia. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/polyglossia The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/unicodetex/latex/polyglossia/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: ProfMaquette
by CTAN Announcements 01 Feb '25

01 Feb '25

Christophe Poulain submitted an update to the ProfMaquette package. Version: 0.99-n 2025-01-30 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: Use exercises in different types of documents Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - New Keys : Daltonisme and CouleurSol - Bug fixed : with key ParcoursPerso, links with solutions weren't correct. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/profmaquette The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/profmaquette/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: TikZducks
by CTAN Announcements 01 Feb '25

01 Feb '25

Samcarter submitted an update to the TikZducks package. Version: 2.0 2025-01-31 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: A little fun package for using rubber ducks in TikZ Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ### New - New options `randomhead` and `randomaccessories`. Basically the same as `\randomhead` and `\randomaccessories`, but no longer require `\shuffleducks` ### Changed - removed ConTeXt/plain TeX support. I'm very grateful to @JairoAdelRio for contributing these modules, however after accidentally breaking these modules in 2021 (and not hearing any complains from users) I decided to stop supporting these module in favour of making maintaining the package easier and having more freedom in the code used in the package. - replaced self-baked hooks with latex hooks: `\NewHook{tikzducks/background}`, `\NewHook{tikzducks/body}`, `\NewHook{tikzducks/clothing}`, `\NewHook{tikzducks/hair}`, `\NewHook{tikzducks/hat}` and `\NewHook{tikzducks/foreground}` ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/tikzducks The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/graphics/pgf/contrib/tikzducks/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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CTAN update: l3kernel
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jan '25

31 Jan '25

The LaTeX Project Team submitted an update to the l3kernel package. Version: 2025-01-18 License: lppl1.3c Summary description: LaTeX3 programming conventions Announcement text: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## [2025-01-18] ### Changed - Use a dedicated internal marker for `fp` and `int` expressions, allowing use with LuaMetaTeX (see \#1518) ### Fixed - Missing trailing period in `\tl_analysis_log:(N|n)` output (see \#1663) - Some state variables weren't correctly reset by `\keys_define:nn` and `\keys_set:nn` breaking some nested usages in edge cases ## [2025-01-14] ### Added - `\int_step_tokens:nn`, `\int_step_tokens:nnn`, and `\int_step_tokens:nnnn` ### Fixed - Check conditionals are defined when creating variants (see \#1189) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/l3kernel More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/l3kernel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Manfred Lotz CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs .

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CTAN update: jsonparse
by CTAN Announcements 31 Jan '25

31 Jan '25

Jasper Habicht submitted an update to the jsonparse package. Version number: 1.1.0 2025-01-30 License type: lppl1.3c Summary description: Parse, store and access JSON data in LaTeX documents Announcement text: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unified names of user functions; renaming key for keywords. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This package is located at https://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/jsonparse More information is at https://www.ctan.org/pkg/jsonparse ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Erik Braun ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups. Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs

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